The effectiveness of ginger in the prevention of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy and chemotherapy

Integrative Medicine Insights

Volumn 11, Issue , 2016, Pages 11-17

  Lete, Iñaki ^a   Allué, José ^b  

^a HOSPITAL TXAGORRITXU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Ginger; Nausea and vomiting; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; GINGER EXTRACT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIEMETIC ACTIVITY; CANCER PATIENT; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED NAUSEA AND VOMITING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPEPSIA; ERUCTATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VOMITING;

EID: 84962427378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11773936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/IMI.S36273     Document Type: Review

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